Week in a nutshell...

Sometimes life is just crazy.  Sometimes you never know what you're going to get.  Just so we don't forget the twists and turns we go sailing through as a family...

1.  Wes endured fasting for 40 hours in preparation for a colonoscopy. He toughed it out with a good attitude to boot.  Praise the LORD, all is clear and everything is normal.  This was purely precautionary based on recent changes in family medical history.  So thankful that all is well.
2.  It was homecoming week at school...if you've ever been a teacher, you know the crazy that abounds during homecoming week!

3. Then, there was the day I went to drop off Kaleb at daycare to find our daycare provider was MIA.  Definitely a stress inducing piece of info at 7:25am when you are supposed to be at work at 7:30.  Most mornings, by 7:30 coffee fixes most things.  Coffee was not going to fix this.  Off to the big huge daycare hoping they can keep him for the day.  After doing a little research, I discovered she literally skipped town with two of her kids.  Note to self... when interviewing child care providers investigate their marital stability and flight risk. At which point, I wanted to install the following in my classroom:

Because God never fails.  Never ever fails...He provided a new daycare provider by the end of the day. State approved, kids playing together relatively quiet, small-ish, in-home, awesome outdoor play area and she had one spot left.  And, she promised me she'll be home Monday morning when I knock on the door :)  Always a bonus! Go GOD!!

4. That same day, we found out we have to re-do a paper for our adoption paperwork.  We have to re-do a paper that had made it all the way through Michigan, to Washington, DC to the State Department...only to discover that the South Dakota Secretary of State Office typed the wrong name on the state seal cover page.  (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)  We were hoping to hear that our paperwork had been sent to Ethiopia either this Friday or next Friday.  Well, instead we got the 'there is an error' message.  Not fun to hear at any time, especially on the same day that #3 on the list above occurred.
As usual- because God never fails, we tracked down a notary yesterday at the bank.  Another Power of Attorney form has been signed, notarized and Wes will send it overnight to Pierre and they will get it to Michigan so they can send it back to D.C.  Never boring I tell you, but thanks to God we get it all done.

Needless to say, life's been a little hectic.  Grateful that Friday afternoon.  In the midst of all the Friday drama- it was homecoming Friday at school!! What a fun day- especially since Kaleb got to come to the pep rally with me.  Then, we hit up the parade where we scored some candies.  The highlight for Kaleb was the marching band- the kid absolutely loves music!!

This weekend has been filled up with catching up.  Re-stocking the house with groceries, making homemade salsa from the garden, baking cookies, what turned into a date night watching Blind Side & eating popcorn, a nice big hot breakfast together as a family, a few good old-fashioned home cooked meals and checking off some little yet very good to-do items.  And that was just Saturday for the most part.  A fun part of our weekend included checking out our latest family pictures... an excellent reminder that life is good and God has blessed us greatly!!

 The Roths- 2013

 The little man, who's more like a big kid each day.  

Love my guys...precious in so many ways!